Sweater



4 1,652,183 R. C. PISCITELLO ET AL Dec. 13, 1927.

SWEATER 10. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Au INVENTORY ATTORNEY Dec. 13, 1927.

R.-C. PISCITELLO ET AL SWEATER Filed Auz. 10. 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 I ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 1 3, 1927.

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' Application flled August 1o, 1 a25. Serial No. 49,350. 1

' 'Our invention relates to sweaters or other Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the knitted garments, and the object is to provide a simple and inexpensive attachment adjacent the neck band ofthe sweater or other garment, consisting of one or more flaps, preferably two" in number, which Vmay be either folded within the sweater so that the appearance will be the same as if the flaps were not present, or which maybe extended in overlapping position across the chest or throat'of the wearer in order to protect the'same above'the point Where the neck' band of the sweater proper ordinarily overlaps. "We are aware that it is not new to provide garments with flaps for protecting the neck and chest, but it is new to provide flaps of the character herein shown and de- 7 scribed. .Itis not only expensive to make these flaps as separate parts of knitted fabric and to afterwards'attach them to the sweater, but the constructionv is bulky and unsightly. Under the present invention the protective flaps are made as .apart of the neoklbandtor' facing of a sweater so that these several parts may be formed simultaneously in one operation on an ordinary knit- Y ting machine; so that the additional cost of making a sweater with the flaps as against the cost of a plain sweater is merely 'the actual cost of the additional yarn of'which theflaps are constructed. In addition to a this, the appearance of the garment having the improved flaps is much neater than 40' i 'er or-bulge. Withthese and other' objects where these are separately constructed and afterwards attached to the garment. In

addition to forming the flaps with the neck band or facing, we have provided a simple form of construction which permits the flaps tobe folded on the lines required and without causing the parts of the garment to puckin view our invention comprises the construction hereinafter described in detail.

embodying In the drawings forming part of this ap plication, 1

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a garment our invention in which the flaps are shown folded'back under the shoulder sections as when notin use, a

, Figure folded within the garment.

Figure 4 is a view corresponding'with Figure 1 but with the flaps folded aorossthe chest, I

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Figure '6 is a perspective view showing the neckband or facing and the flaps for the same as'attached to the garment, and

line T-7'- of Figure 6. c In Figure 1 we have shown a garment such as a sweater, made of knitted fabric,

and comprising the body'portion 1 and the sleeves 2. There is a collar or facing member 3' which extends fromthe bottom line of the sweater upwardly, and thence following the contour of the neck, and thence downwardly alongthe opposite front edge of the garment, being attached inany suitable manner to the body 1 alongthe line 3. In Figure l the flaps 4 and 5 are indicated in dotted lines as being folded back under the shoulder portions of the garment where they are hidden from view," so that the garment has theisame external appearance as 5is a sectional view taken on the Figure 7 is a'sectional view taken on the ELLO, OF-JERSEY orrx, NEW

if the fi apswere not present, In thiscOndition vit will be understood that the neck band or facing meeting at the point 6 leaves a portion of the neck or chest exposed as in the ordinary sweater. In Figure 2 the flaps are furtherillustrated as folded within the V garment,fthe same as in Figure 1, and this is also true of Figure 3. In Figure 4 the flaps are shown drawn out and'folded across each other to cover that portion of the neck and. chest which would otherwise be exposed above the meeting point 6 ofthe neck band.

In Figure 6 we have illustrated the parts which are formedintegrally on the ordinary knittingmachine to constitute a neck band "or facing as well as the flaps. The end por= tions 7 of this combined member are the eertione represented in the remain ng: figures as being attached along the front vertical edgesof the body 1 of the garment, which members are usually provided with buttons and buttonholes S for attaching the overlapping edges of the garment together. The intermediate portion 9 of the combined member is the portionwhich is attached to the neck opening along the line 10 of the garment so that this portion forms a loop surrounding the neck and has the same gen eral appearance as the ordinary neck band as provided in the standard form otgarment. The flaps 4 and 5 shown in Figure 6 are indicated as having the general contour of a rectangle with their opposing ends 11 curved, although the shape oi. theflaps may be varied without departingfrom the spirit of our invention. In the preferred form of our invention the fiaps uare connected along one edge withthe edge of the member 3 which is directlyattached to the body portion of the garment. by strands of yarn 12 in which the ordinary knitting stitches are omitted, although these strands are continuations of the threads fromwhich the band 3 and the flaps 4, 5 are formed. In forming the band and the flaps thesanle are made on the ordinary knitting machine, preferably in the form of a continuous tube, as is shown in Figure 7. Startingwith the lain tubular portion 7 at one end of the and 3, this tube is formed continuously until a point is reached where the fiapfi occurs, whereupon the knitting o eration is extended to increase the width su ciently to rovide, in addition to t-heband portion, the a 5. Along one edge of thestrip member 3 t e yarn is transferred on .the needles in well known manner, so that one or more stitchesare omitted and this forms theblank or jump threads 12 which are to constitute the connecting or hinge portion between the tubular section 3 of which the vband is formed, and the tubularportions of which thefiap 5 is formed. When theknitting op eration has proceeded to the end ofthe flap the machine returns to the first operation to continue the formation of the band alone, and this proceeds untilthe point of the up per edge of the flap 4 isreached, whereupon the operation previously described, regarding the flap 5, are repeated so that the ma chine roceeds to form the band portion, and also t e flap 4 together with the jump thread connections 12. At the end of the formation ofthe flap 4 the machine again returns to the formation of the band alone, and this continues to the end of the band; in fact, these operations may continue so that .these members are formed in continuous ofi byithe. finishers in theusual manner. It

will be apparent that, as the band and flaps are formed simultaneously and in a continuous piece of knitting, the cost of the same will be no greater than that of knitting the band alone, exceptior the cost of the additional yarn consumed in making the flaps.

It is unnecessary to explain in detail the threads 12wh1ch act like hingesand {per-.1

mit the flaps to lie in either position \without puckering the garment or causing an unsightly bulge. It will ybev apparent that the cost of attaching thecombinedlstrip and flaps is no greater than the cost ofzattaching 1 the simple band to the body ofthegarment as in ordinary practice.

We have simplified the .const ruction eo I that the cost of the flaps is reduced to a minimum, and the appearancemfitheigan ment is substantially improved While we prefer the construction described, inwhich the band and fiapsare of tubular form, we do not wish "to be understood as excluding from the scope of our invention similar parts :made with a single thickness of-matcrial.

Having descrlbedi our invention, what we claim is:

1. Agarment of the elass describdd in eluding a body portion having a front 0pming and a neck opening, a facingmember: or band formed of tubular knitted fabric,flaps formed contiguous to one edge of-said band, and connected therewith along said edge by jump threads produced b the omission of one or more stitches, said andand flaps beling formed :integrally,usaid band being attachedalong the edge from which said flaps extend, to the front edges of the bodygand :aroundi the'edge of said neck 0 caning-whereby the flaps may be folded withinithe body t portion of the garmentuor overlapped across the front portion ofthe neck opening.

2. A garment of the classdescribed infcluding a body portion having. a frontopening and a neck opening, a facingmember or band formed of tubular knitted fabric, flaps of tubular knitted fabric connectedto one side edge of said facing memberor band by means of jump threads produced bysthe omission of one or morestitches,saidiband and flaps being formed integrally,said band being attached along. its side edge from which said flaps extend totlae front edges neck opening. v

3.- A device for attachment to a arment,

including a tubular strip or band 0 knittedv fabric, tubular flaps formed contiguousto' and integral with said band byjulnp threads produced by the omission of one or'more stitches in the knittedfabricvfor connecting said flaps to said band, seid band being adapted to be attached along one edge to the 10 neck opening of av garment.

Signed at Jersey City, county of Hudson State of New Jersey, this 10th day of June,

ROY 0., PISCITELLO.

DOMINICK N; PISCITELLO. 

